So I was wondering if you were more a fan of buying digital games, music and movies or if you still prefer physical copies?

Personally I still prefer buying physical games whenever possible, because if the download shop closes down and my game console breaks, then I lose everything I bought. This is unlikely to happen with Steam or PSN, but again Eaton and Sears used to be huge success for decades and still ended up in deep troubles or shutting down entirely. I also cannot trade-in digital games except on Steam where you can get a refund after 2 weeks of minimal gameplay, so if I get bored of a game I cannot get anything back in return (not that you will get much with physical copies of popular games, especially at Gamestop, but some games are more rare or valuable). On the other hand, physical copies are often harder to find, takes more storage room in my home and they are often more expensive (especially compared to Steam), and can be damaged/scratched to the point they become unreadable.

Yeah, the problem with physical copies, I always misplace the CD and stuff, but if I really like something and I want to throw money at it, I try to get a physical copy, especially for music. Otherwise, there's always Spotify and YouTube. For games, I don't really care as much.

I like digital copies more because 1) i can get games instantly2) i can pirate games3) some games aren't even sold physically4) how do they even get 40 GB games on disks nowadays? im not really in the mood for using 8 installation disks5) also i feel like they tend to be cheaper.

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One copy is not enough! If something is important enough for me to back it up, I generally make a copy of it somewhere else on my hard drive, then on an external hard drive, and on flash drive which I give to my neighbor (who is resigned to the fact that I am paranoid)

Given how I had to stop collecting games and only buy the bare minimum, I do not mind getting digital copies nowadays, but it depends under which circumstances. If I traded-in games for credits at a store, then unless the store sells Steam/PSN gift cards or something, I'm gonna try to get the physical copy at said store.

Also wow @Caleb Hansberry you got a sealed copy of Turrican II? (I got sealed games but they're much less rare, eg Shaq Fu for Sega Genesis and F-Zero player's choice edition for the SNES)